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raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to. and it's remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war how it's the new opportunities for the us to wage wars without risking american lives there is another reason the targeted strikes can be a wise choice strategic consequences that inevitably come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance bot
raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. is said to. and it's remote control warfare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act didn't apply because there was no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address queening that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs...
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u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots of the predator and its larger cousin the reaper have killed thousands of individual since two thousand and one using remotely piloted aircraft contrary to popular belief actually provides the greatest degree of ethical oversight for their use of this young man in pakistan would probably disagree several of his family members died at the remote hands of a drone more than a thousand other civilians were reportedly killed by u.s. drone strikes in pakistan and yemen we find ourselves murdering people i
u.s. military pushing to defend the killing machine drones are more properly titled remotely piloted vehicles allow us to do is to project capability without projecting vulnerability in their revolutionizing warfare by allowing us to see and keep you from half a world away a major drone manufacturer lockheed martin has financed an hour long documentary on drones aired recently on u.s. public television counting the technological capabilities of the killing machine from trailers like this pilots...
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justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote can. a war fare setting up new drone bases across the world has redefined war during intervention in libya he made the case that the war powers act in a private because there is no risk to american soldiers and so under that rationale he can expand the global war while in his state of the union address claiming that we don't need perpetual war for peace but it is perpetual war when you can drop bombs on any country and then claim that it's not working john brennan often referred to as the architect of the administration's drone war c
justice department suggests the u.s. government can kill people even without evidence that they are actively plotting against america somebody a u.s. citizen or otherwise is believed to be thinking something that could lead to actions against the united states then this illogical logic would present the idea that it would be ok for the president to order that that person be killed despite the u.n. raising concerns about the legality of the use of drones the u.s. has said to expand its remote...
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that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria we tell your king's exclusive interviews coming your way next hour but here's a quick look. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just in a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will try else was completely unrealistic but i mean they're not us this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of enter influence on for example such a country as qatar which is reportedly of the main source of weapons and support for for armed opposition so the fact they simply say that they themselves are not doing that does not does not really absolve them completely from responsibility of what is happening in the. and what looked lik
that despite this the u.s. still has a lot to do with the ongoing crisis in syria we tell your king's exclusive interviews coming your way next hour but here's a quick look. but the united states chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the crisis the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that various terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and that then original scenario they had in mind that it would take just in a...
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to protect u.s. interests and investments and these were in the government documents that weren't secret they were promoted so there's always been this u.s. policy of wanting to die i mean the world i mean first we had this confrontation with the soviet union as we. don't know that was necessary but now with russia it is certainly no excuse and yet we're still in the past you still in this situation thank you so much that was alice slater new york director of the nuclear age peace foundation. well what looked like a distant olympics dream for russians has now become a very close reality a countdown as kicked off across the country marking one year before russia hosts its first ever winter games at celebrations and praise for the unique facilities built from scratch while hand in hand with harsh criticism for over a spending not to mention missed deadlines r t as andrew farmar reports from starchy. fireworks lit up the sochi sky this week marking exactly a year to go before the winter games begin sinc
to protect u.s. interests and investments and these were in the government documents that weren't secret they were promoted so there's always been this u.s. policy of wanting to die i mean the world i mean first we had this confrontation with the soviet union as we. don't know that was necessary but now with russia it is certainly no excuse and yet we're still in the past you still in this situation thank you so much that was alice slater new york director of the nuclear age peace foundation....
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a u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told me you through the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the previous. night as those chose to stay clean of the bad guys at some point of the grocers' the did realize it seems that things going very wrong you know that there is terrorist groups were coming in that the radical islamists are where we were active and the original scenario they had in mind that it would take just a couple of months to topple the assad regime and then sort of democracy will draw your own force completely unrealistic but i mean do notice this is an extremely powerful country definitely with a lot of a
a u.s. defense secretary leon panetta acknowledged this week for the first time that he backs arming syrian rebels the plan was put forward last summer by senior u.s. politicians but was reportedly were buffered by president obama well russia's envoy told me you through the u.n. pardon me told r.t. that despite this washington still could bear some responsibility for what's going on in syria but exclusive interview is coming up later this hour but here is a quick taste of the previous. night as...
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in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to dismiss a little this officer is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack and that they say a car bomb was detonated truck bring the troops. attackers then opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the rest of self attacks of claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. battles have erupted between government troops and it's honest militants in mali's northern city of gal the area was retaken from rebels by french forces a fortnight ago and here the city was rocked by two suicide bombings although only the bombers
in the u.s. the los angeles police department says it will reopen investigation to dismiss a little this officer is now on the run suspected of how the officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his ex colleagues christopher dorner was fired in two thousand and nine he's now wanted for that really killing three people after posting a manifesto online so he has forty targets on his hit list. expected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a...
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for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences very heavily come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to shoot down. well drones aren't the only thing about the cia causing controversy at the moment and next hour we'll tell you how thousands of americans are forced to take lie detector tests to keep their jobs often having to answer very intimate questions. a twenty five hour marathon off talks snu
for the u.s. to wage wars without risking american lives there's another reason a targeted strikes can be a wise choice to strategic consequences very heavily come with the use of force. as we have seen deploying large armies abroad won't always be our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the administration and the...
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our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the bruised ration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to go. well drawing to aren't the only thing about the cia causing controversy at the moment still ahead for you this hour thousands of americans awful to take lie detector tests to keep their jobs often having to answer very intimate questions. and abuse and neglect of the most vulnerable patients in a major u.k. hospital will bear the brunt of shoji care from health professionals when they need it most. twenty five hour marathon of talks snubs and haggling have left the e.u. with a new budget albeit one that's been described as perfect for nobody coming in at nine
our best offense all in all the u.s. now has around ten thousand drones in its fleet not all of them carry weapons of course a lot of them are for surveillance both domestic and international there's a great push both from the bruised ration and the drone makers to present them as america's next best thing john brennan if confirmed will soon be at the helm of the cia and no one doubts that under him the program will expand even further in washington i'm going to go. well drawing to aren't the...
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some other world headlines in brief for you now the u.s. with a los angeles police department says it will reopen an investigation into this missile of a police officer that was now on the run suspected of murder officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his makes use of the dorner was fired in two thousand and nine after falsely accusing his training officer i wanted for and should be killing three people after posting a manifesto online saying here's what he targets his hit list. suspected militants have killed five soldiers and wounded one in a roadside attack well and they say a car bomb was detonated as a truck carrying troops drove by its acars then opened fire on the soldiers security forces are frequently ambushed in the restive south where attacks have claimed more than five thousand lives since two thousand and four. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad has said that talks with the u.s. on the country's nuclear program are still possible stressed that washington would have to stop pointing a
some other world headlines in brief for you now the u.s. with a los angeles police department says it will reopen an investigation into this missile of a police officer that was now on the run suspected of murder officials will look into the fugitives allegations of racism and corruption among his makes use of the dorner was fired in two thousand and nine after falsely accusing his training officer i wanted for and should be killing three people after posting a manifesto online saying here's...